I'm not one of those militant anti-Family Guy people. I don't particularly find the show funny, but that's probably because the animated sitcom as we know it died with the creation of South Park, and all attempts at comedic animation after that have been held to a measuring stick a mile high, and unfortunately, there's never again going to be a show with wholesome values like The Simpsons, and popular appeal.
That didn't stop Seth MacFarlane from trying, though and he failed.
When I saw this video on YouTube today, I slapped my forehead. Seth MacFarlane is animating 15 year old jokes, and slapping a commercial on the front, why the fuck didn't I think of that. I was pissed, on one hand, because it's a dumb old joke. Yes, we get it, Dylan's got a funny voice, Waits' has got a gravely one, and Popeye speaks with inaudible chuckles most of the time. I was just about to close the window, when Muhamed Ali comes out. That takes balls. It takes balls for MacFarlane to make fun of the greatest boxer who ever lived for getting Parkinson's, and it takes balls down at the offices at Priceline's marketing department. Someone down there actually approved an ad that makes fun of a man with of a debilitating brain disorder who is dying, because he has a debilitating brain disorder and is dying.
Bravo, Seth MacFarlane and Priceline. You are cool in my book.
